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Group Name:
Angiosperms: Monocotyledons
Family Name:
Orchidaceae
Genus:
Platanthera L. C. Rich
L. C. Rich
Species:
Platanthera leucophaea
(Nutt.) Lindley
Synonym(s):
Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) Gray
Species Common Name:
Eastern prairie fringed orchid
Habitat:
Prairie swales
Abundance and Distribution:
Rare east: Black Hawk County 1894, Clayton County, Delaware County, Henry county 1843, Iowa county 1903, Johnson county, Linn county 1921 and Muscatine county 1908
Origin:
Native
Link to this record:
http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/vpi/DetailsPage.aspx?species_id=SPEd1e15004